Bear Hugs ft. Kate Hadfield Designs

Hello everyone!  Hope everyone is well and keeping warm!  Today

I'm sharing this adorable bear with products from

Kate Hadfield Designs

Loved Up

Weekend at Home

This is such an adorable digital stamp set.  So many images to choose

from.  I've only used one of them here!  Let me show you how I made

my card!  I started by sizing my image so it would fit onto an A2

size card.  I used a paper pattern from the Weekend at Home set.  I

knew this colorful paper would work well since my main element

did not have a lot of different colors.  This is how it printed out.

I die cut my image right away.  Sometimes I do that and it gives me

a better perspective of my card.  On to the coloring.

I started out light.  I was really trying to be careful that I didn't

get my darkest color too dark.

I started adding in darker tones.  To create texture I colored with a

more swirling scribbled motion.

At this point I really didn't like how it was looking.  So I

continued coloring, trying not to let the dark overtake the shape.

I was still not happy with the bear, but I need to change colors.  I

was getting frustrated with how the bear was looking, so I colored

in the heart with the lightest tone.

I went back to the bear and added more color to the head.  Finally

I was completely happy with the way it looked.  I did a bit of

white gel pen on the bottom paws and also the eyes.  I did a dot

of white in the pupils the eye and the with a black fine liner pen

I added a few eye lashes at the outer corners and a curved line underneath

the pupil.  I added white dots on both corners of the eyes.  I added

cheeks with a pink marker and adhered this panel to an A2 size

Kraft colored card base.

I had printed out a sentiment using a cute font and then die cut it 

with a banner die from my stash.    My plan was to cut around the bottoms

 of the paws and slide the banner underneath them.  But I changed my mind because

I'm not that confident with a knife!  So I reprinted just the paw part

of the image, colored the paws again and cut them out.  I used a black

marker and went around the edges of these after I cut them out.

I finished up coloring the heart - I only used a 3 color blend for

the heart.

I adhered the paws to the banner.  To do this I laid the banner where

I wanted it to be and then adhered the paws so they would overlay the

ones on the flat image.  Because I adhered the paws to the banner first, I

was able to pop it up on foam tape and not worry about height.  I 

finished with a few tiny gems scattered about.  And that finished

my card project.

I love how this came out and I'm glad I kept working with the

colors of the bear.  I hope I've inspired you to use digital papers

to back your images as well.  You can find these images and

so much more at

Kate Hadfield Designs

Supplies used:

Copic colors:

E 55, E57, E59, E53, E40, E41,

RV23, R81, R83, R85, 100

Foam tape

White gel pen

Tiny gems

Banner die

Rectangle die

Til next time...

Betsy

In my capacity as a design team member for Kate Hadfield Designs, I do receive the products I use from them. 

All opinions and creative decisions remain my own, and I only work with companies/use products that I love.